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WoodlandCavity nestMedium · 69 g
ID tip
With its thick bill and very colourful plumage the crested barbet is unmistakable. This small bird has a speckled yellow and red face with a small black crest. The belly is yellow with red speckles, wings are black with white specks and it has a broad black band on its neck. Yellow head and body with black and white feathers, red markings on end of body, its colour blends well in the bush. They have a distinct trill.
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When to see the Crested Barbet
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Crested Barbet
The map shades 12 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Angola.
About the Crested Barbet
The crested barbet is a sub-Saharan bird in the Lybiidae family. Its specific name commemorates François Levaillant, a famed French naturalist.
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Easily confused with
D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudiiD'Arnaud's barbet is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae that is found in East Africa.
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusRed-and-yellow barbet adult males have distinctive plumage made up black with spotted white, red and yellow.
Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatusThe yellow-breasted barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family.
Side by side: Crested Barbet vs Red-and-yellow Barbet
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